5 sentences with 'governorates'
Example sentences and phrases with the word governorates and other words derived from it.
• « The viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, created in 1776 by Charles III, was divided into eight governorates and four military governorships directly subordinate to the viceroy. »
• « Of the eight governorates of the viceroyalty of the River Plate, four were in Upper Peru (now the Republic of Bolivia), namely Potosí, Cochabamba, La Paz and Charcas. Another, that of Paraguay, comprised the present-day republic of the same name. In Argentina there were three: that of Buenos Aires, which included the current provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, plus Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. The Governorate of Córdoba del Tucumán was made up of the current provinces of Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis. That of Salta del Tucumán included the current provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Catamarca, Tucumán and Santiago del Estero. »
• « In order to support the peoples of the interior and subdue the officials who resisted its authority, the Government Junta in Buenos Aires decided to send military expeditions to the four governorates of Upper Peru and also to Paraguay. »
• « When the expedition entered Upper Peruvian territory, it suffered a minor setback at Cotagaita, but on 7 November 1810 it won an important victory at Suipacha, which resulted in the four governorates' intendancies joining the Junta de Gobierno de Buenos Aires and the expedition's advance to the Peruvian border near Lake Titicaca. »
• « The former governorates and intendancies were divided into two or more provinces, which were formed around the cabildos of the then fourteen main cities. »